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S. Stephen's Church
41°49′32.4294″N 71°24′4.3698″W / 41.825674833°N 71.401213833°W / 41.825674833; -71.401213833
Location	114 George St., Providence, Rhode Island
Clergy
Rector	The Rev. Benjamin Pearce Straley
S. Stephen's Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
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Built	1860
Architect	Richard Upjohn; Multiple
Architectural style	Gothic
Part of	College Hill Historic District (ID70000019)
NRHP reference No.	73000001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 6, 1973
Designated NHLDCP	November 10, 1970

S. Stephen's Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 114 George Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. It is in the Brown University campus and is an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island.

The church building, a large stone Gothic Revival structure, was designed by Richard Upjohn and built in 1860–62. In 1889 the congregation received a major bequest from Henry J. Steere, a prominent philanthropist and industrialist.

Its current rector is the Rev. Benjamin Pearce Straley, who was formerly Organist and Associate Director of Music of Washington National Cathedral.

The church building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Rectors

1. Francis Vinton, 1839–1840
2. George Leeds, 1840–1841
3. Henry Waterman, 1841–1845
4. James H. Eames, 1845–1850
5. Henry Waterman, 1850–1874
6. Charles W. Ward, 1875–1877
7. James W. Colwell, 1878–1884
8. George McClellan Fiske, 1884–1919
9. Frederick Spies Penfold, 1919–1926
10. Frederic Fleming, 1927–1930
11. Charles Townsend, Jr., 1930–1945
12. Paul van K. Thomson, 1946–1949
13. Warren R. Ward, 1949–1965
14. Paul C. Kintzing, 1965–1976
15. Livingston T. Merchant, 1977–1980
16. Ronald P. Conner, 1981–1989
17. David L. Stokes, Jr., 1991–1999
18. John D. Alexander, 2000–2019
19. Benjamin P. Straley (2021-)

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "NRHP nomination for S. Stephen's Church" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

External links

Media related to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Providence, Rhode Island) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Directory of historical material from Project Canterbury
• 150 Years on George Street, 2019 parish history edited by John Alexander, foreword by Richard Mammana
• NRHP registration form
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. RI-189, "S. Stephen's Church, 114 George Street, Providence, Providence County, RI", 2 photos, 5 data pages, supplemental material

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